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Definition of Pantaloon
1. Noun. A buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes.
2. Noun. A character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man.
3. Noun. Trousers worn in former times.
Definition of Pantaloon
1. n. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
Definition of Pantaloon
1. Noun. An aging buffoon. ¹
2. Noun. Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon. ¹
3. Noun. A kind of fabric. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantaloon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantaloon
Literary usage of Pantaloon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"flaying pantaloon. Playing second fiddle, being the cat's-paw of another ...
Harlequin and Columbine never speak, but Clown and pantaloon keep np я constant ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Enter Clown, clinging to the tail of a Comet, and pantaloon in a balloon. ...
pantaloon looks through telescope at Neptune, which suddenly becomes ..."
3. The Witmark Amateur Minstrel Guide and Burnt Cork Encyclopedia by Frank Dumont (1905)
"They halt her C While she is talking to pantaloon, the Clown steals her ...
He says "No; pantaloon likes to hold babies." She turns to him and asks him to ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857)
"pantaloon. Who's that Î 0 Lord, if it should be the police ! ... pantaloon.
Foozle in your teeth ! What are you about here, Crack-hemp 1 CLOWS. ..."
5. The British and American Drama of To-day: Outlines for Their Study by Barrett Harper Clark (1921)
"(In principle this is the vaudeville method of establishing relations between
the stage and " the house "). In " pantaloon " Barrie repeats the trick. ..."
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